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Saturday, September 26, 2015

A Fall Day

Here is the truth about living in California. In the Fall. Autumn really is only in my mind. It is still hot, and still dry and dusty. This fall the trees are loosing leaves, but only I think to water starvation. The sunshine is abundant and the air you breathe is still crunchy and brown too. Walking in the mornings, is like pulling a loaded wagon. All up hill. But this morning, I saw that the Northern Flickers have arrived!!! I had heard them screeching in the trees about Wednesday. They always scare me at first because they sound very much like a hawk. I had let my chickens out in the yard that morning, so when I first heard it I start scanning the trees.

Not my Picture.

This morning, I was watching Mr. and Mrs at an ant hill. They were just vacuuming up those unlucky ants this fine morning. I guess they were tired and hungry from their trip.

Mr and Mrs Pointy Head ( Black Phoebe) are back too. They also have Junior Pointy head with them and they had a terrible row in the back yard. It seems Junior wanted some food, and Mom and Dad have decided enough is enough. So while I ate breakfast with my binoculars in one hand, I watched Junior cry his heart out at the top of the redwood. No one listened. Well except me, that sound he makes drives me crazy. I did notice him fly off and do a double back flip, to catch a bug in mid air so he does know how to feed himself.

Not my picture either.

The Blue Jays are extremely put out because of the new comers.

Also not mine.

They sit around on the fence and make that sound of two marbles being ground together. While cussing and complaining under their breath. I have one blue jay who has found the cat food dish. First it flies to the swimming pool fence. Sits there and watches and makes sure no one is watching. (I am crawling around on my knees peeking out the window so this is how I know.) He then flies to the back of a chair on the patio. He flies down to the table, eats some cat food then grabs a beak full of food to eat on the road. He flies off like a bugler, laughing all the way. Every single day, unless of course I forget to fill the cat food bowl. Then he sits on the swimming pool fence and yells at the house. Birds are very bossy.

This morning while watching the flickers. The male flew towards me like this.

How I wish this was my image.

It was lovely. I can tell you honestly, being able to see birds in the fall. Is such a gift!! To be able to see that color, I just stood there and said, "Thank you God for giving me back my sight." It is so nice to be here, right now.

Have a lovely weekend,
~Kim~

This photo is mine.

“After the keen still days of September, the October sun filled the world with mellow warmth...The maple tree in front of the doorstep burned like a gigantic red torch. The oaks along the roadway glowed yellow and bronze. The fields stretched like a carpet of jewels, emerald and topaz and garnet. Everywhere she walked the color shouted and sang around her...In October any wonderful unexpected thing might be possible.”
― Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond

13 comments:

Those are my flickers. I sent them straight to you because I knew they'd be happy and safe there. Smile.We have scrub jays, too. They are noisy!I call the birds with my phone app and Bill says, "Should you be doing that? You don't know what you are saying to them." True.Have a great day. I'm sorry it's still hot. It's going to be a little too warm here today. Boo.

At least the animals know that it's fall! Out here it feels like Santa Anas--dry, hot wind. Except we're the desert, so I don't know what you call them here. It's always this last week of September, isn't it?

Yes, in California, at least the southern half of it, we really know how to imagine autumn don't we! So fun to read about the birds and the names you have given them. We have Pointy Heads here too, though I never before knew what they were. They are very acrobatic when catching bugs that are completely invisible to me. Birds must have truly amazing eyesight!

This was such an enjoyable read. It is still hot here and really seems to call to the lake more than fall cooking. I am also enjoying the birds, ours are different from the ones you see. We all enjoyed watching the hummingbird in our morning glories. I will miss my morning glories. I am also Praising God for you sight.............He is so faithful.

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